Stitch-down shoe



E. J. RAMSEY STITCH Aug. 19, 1930.

DOWN SHOE Filed Feb. 18, 1927 2 Sheets-sheet 2 hissed Aug. ie, i930 EDWARD J. BAISEY, I NEW YORK, N. Y.'

l Application led February 16, 1997.' Serial lo. 169,154.

- This' invention relates to improvements in the manufacture .of stitch-down shoes and the principal/object is to provide a const-ruction in whichthere is not only prevented a tearin apart or ri pin of the outer sole .4 'from t e inner'sole, ut a so any such injury to, or displacement of, any other structural sheet element of the shoe, such as a smaller' or second insole, a lining or liner, or the like'. '10 Another o bject yis to provide for such reinforcement b means merely of comparativei ify fsw isles o stitching, located for mutually rtifyin coaction during wear ofthe shoe,

whether aving a welt or not.

'15 Various'other'objects and advantages of the invention vthan those hereinabove mentioned will be specifically pointed out or will be apparent hereinafter in the course of the below detailed descri tion of the form of the 2 inventionshowm in t e accompanying drawings, as a `preferred'oneof the various pos.`

sible embodiments of the invention; it being understood, naturally that such form is mere- 2. ly' .illustrative of one of the. many `possible i" combinations and arrangements of parts well ycalculated to attain the objectsof the invention, and hence said detailed description of.

such `form'is not to be taken as at all defining l3! or limiting the invention itself. That is to say, the scope of' protection contemplated is of course to be taken from the'fappended claims, interpreted as broadly as is consistent with the prior art. 5 In said drawings:

Fig. 1 isa transverse section showing said H forni in one of its variations; (Fig.A 2 is shalt-broken off section showing .m 'said vformin anotherl variation; L Fig 3 is a similar view, showing another sucli'variation; l

I Fig' '4 is a' gmlal View, Showing another Bch variation;

- =Fig.7 is a similar view, another 55 auch variation;

such variation;

shown and as well-known in the artLto be ex- Fig. 8 is a similar view, 'showing another such variation;

Fig.9 is a similar view, showing another such variation;

Fig. 10 is a similar view, showing another such variation;

Fig. 11 is asimilar view, showing another such variation; l

Fig. 12 is a similar view, 4showing another such variation;

Fig. v.13 is a similar view, showing another such variation;

Fig. 14. isa similar' view, showing another y"such variation;

Fig. 15 is a similar v iew, showing another 65 Fig. i is a similar view; shvingmoth'er such variation;

' 17 is a similar view, showing another" suchl variation;

Fig. 18 is asimilar'view, showing another suchvariation.; and a Fig. 19 is a similar view, showing another such variation. Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the'several views of the drawings.'l I

In each of'these views, the u per is indicated at 19, the outsole at 20 an the first inflsg 1(01 the only inso1e',`if there be but one) In each of said views,- also, the marginal `portoiisfof the upper 19 are out turned asat the usual welt-location, suc welt being missing, as in Figs. 12, 13, 17 and 19, or .to underlie such welt, as the generally used flat-strip welt 22 ofFigs. 1 to 11, both incluaive, and 18, or a specially shaped welt' as indica at 22* in Fig. 15 and at 22?- in Fig. 16. l

It will be noted from these Figs. `15 and 16 that the .usualqat-stri welt is desirably l apparently presented in t e finished shoe; as

by bevelling ortape outwardly and 95 dolwrvvardly the margiiia' portions ofthe inso e in Fi a i toV s, both inclusive, mi innige.' 11, 145, 5, 16` and 18, the variations shown also incorporate a Asecond or last-size iiiside an sole 23; while in Fig. 11. a liner 24 is resent, and in Fig. 18 also such a liner, mar ed 25, but here laid iiatly close to the top of an .1nsole (the insole 23). In the case of said Fig. 11, the liner 24 has its marginal portions, as indicated at 24', inturned and extended between the narrow second insole 23 and the first insole 21. In the case of said Fig. 18,

the liner 25 has its marginal portions outl through all the elements 20, 21, 23, 24 and 25 Lpresent intersectingly of the vertical plane ofthe line of said stitching, and at the same time at least one of stitchings, the stiching 27,

and-the outsole 20, due to the insetting of the narrow marginal portion 19 of the upper, relative to the undercut welt 22. Preferably the stitchin stitchin made, and on a cKay machine.

Fina y note-that inthe forms of Fi s. 1 to 8, both inclusive, Figs. and 11, an Figs. 14, 15, 16 and 18, the arran ement is such that a second insole is employe and this and the other sheet elements are so related, that the bottom of the foot is elevated so that when it spreads, it does not spread against the welt or at the usual welt location, but above the same; and the shoe is still further protected against strains tending lto separate or disp a'ce any sheet element.

Inasmuch as many changes could be made in the above constructions, and many a parently widely different embodiments of t ein- Vention could be made without departin from the scope thereof, it is intended that a always lies ouside'the upstandin portion of the upper and goes through all t e elements 19, 20, 21, 22, and present` intersectingly of the vertical ing.

. uxiliary and additional stitchings may j be employed in various combinations, alwa s to attain the objects and advanta es of t eV int evarious invention, as illustrated clearly views. For instance each of I* igs. 1, 9, 11, 12,

13, 17 and 18 shows a single auxiliary stitch 28 going through all elements outside the u standin rtion of the u r, as does t e stitch 2 inthese views. 1g. 3 is the same as Fig. 1, excepltrhat the slngle auxiliary stitch '29 oes t ugh all but the welt 22.

` Fig. 5 is a so the same, except that the stitch 30 goes only through the elements'- n.no

tween the welt and the outsole 20.

`and the insole 21. Such another additionalI stitch is also shown at 32 in Fi 13, 17 and employed, but is thestitch 27 already re ferred to. In Fig. 18, the diagonalvv stitch used, marked 33, corresponds in function to the stitches 32 of Figs. 18,17 and 19, but in Fig. 18.the stitch 33 goes through liner 25 as well as through u per and insole 2 1. lIn

' the case of Fig. 14, t e third stitch, marked '34, although as llong as the stitch 27 going I lthrough four elements, goes through only three such elements, the welt 22', the insole 21,

plane of the line of said stitchl g be- 1 tige a also the same, except that the stitch 31 goes matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interrupted as illustrative and lnot in a 26 is the last features 'of the invention herein described and all statements of the sco which, as a matter of said to fall therebetween.

I claim:

of the invention member underlying the same a sole member underlying the first sole membe dition to a line of stitching connecting the two solefmembers inside the upper a line of stitching connecting said mar nal portions and both sole members, all said 'nes of stitching passing continuously about at least the forward part of the shoe from one side of the shank to the other.

2.' In a shoe, the combination of an upper having outturned marginal portions, a sole mage, .might bev 1. In a shoe,th'e combination of 'an upper l having outturned marginal portions, a sole 1m 'l r,.and, inad-y j member underlying the seme);l sole-member un'derlyin the first sole mem r, and, in addition to a 'ne of stitching connecting the two `sole members inside the upper, a line of 1 al rtionsandbo 19. In Fig. 16, such a diagona stitch vis also P0 stitching connecting said marginal portions and the rst-mentionedsole member, and another line of stitchin connecting said marsole members of stitching passing continuously aboutV at least the forward part of the shoe fro side of the shank to the other.v 3. Ina shoe, the combination of an upper having outturned marginal portions, a sole member underlying the same a sole member underlying the first sole member, a,A third sole member overlying the first sole member and all saidsasl terminating so as to lie within the upper but i opposite said mar inal portions thereof and i addition to for securing said 

